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Mayumba: what do we know about the failure of the Prospector 5 oil platform in Gabon, and its consequences?

Gabonese authorities on maximum alert have deployed search and rescue resources to find five people missing since the accident that occurred Saturday at sea on the Prospector 5 oil prospecting platform. Clotaire Kondja, the Gabonese minister of oil and gas, spoke to the press on Sunday to take stock of the situation and announce the measures taken by the government.

BBC News
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International

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days. A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city. Continue reading

The Guardian
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